BarcelonaThe Real Madrid legend says that he is unable to give more death, even though he can see the agonizing pitch. Chelsea knows well. The team of Thomas Tuchel, who had gone ahead 0-3 in the Bernabeu and had everything ahead to reach the semifinals of the Champions League, he ended up staying with an inch of nose. A goal from a lack of Rodrygo ten minutes to finish the game and sent the match into overtime. And in overtime, Benzema fired a shot along the ground all the work done by London (2-3, 5-4 on aggregate). Whites exceeding the current champions and round they went in the street, on a night where Villarreal gave the surprise and eliminate Bayern Munich.
Madrid was the favorite. He had won the first round in three had ridiculed the defense of Chelsea. Barnabas to anyone suffering. It is part of the DNA of the club and the fans. Until blue marked the first shot on target. If at Stamford Bridge had wet gunpowder, this time proved to be fit and have wanted to go. The goal shook the team of Ancelotti, much less ambitious than the first leg. The targets were being halfway between the result and look to defend the goal of the peace, and so came to rest.
In the second half, Tuchel made small adjustments to allow Chelsea to reach the area more easily. And so they got three goals, although only two were up on the scoreboard. Rüdiger noted head, after a poorly defended corner. And Marcos Alonso made the third, but the VAR invalidated it because in a refusal he had touched the ball slightly with his hand. The Werner, however, it was up on the scoreboard.
That 0-3 eliminated Madrid. But the whites, who have a star in the Champions League, found the goal in the 80th minute, in the first defensive concession of Chelsea, which let Modric focus and did not score Rodrygo firmly enough. The game went into overtime. And there happened what usually happens when women an extra life at Chamartin: the advantage. Vinicius made a superb strike after 2 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors’ defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. Again.
Villarreal does not know the meaning of the word impossible
There are teams that do not seem to know the meaning of the word impossible. Villarreal is one of them. After winning the Europa League against all odds, the yellow submarine is making history. This time away to Bayern Munich, where he was able to resist the attack of the Bavarians and getting the ticket to the semifinals of the Champions League. A target of 88 Chukwueze allowed to tie the game. Or what is the same, the balance to undo the tie (1-1, 1-2 on aggregate). The Bavarians, thick in the 180 minutes of this round, as they had no ability to react.
Few bet for Villarreal, despite the good match made in ceramics, where did the merits goals six times European champions. However, the result was a slight 1 to 0. The logic said that this marker would be insufficient at the Allianz Arena. Of course that football does not always understand, logical. Bayern were superior in all statistics, starting with the possession (64%) and the shots on goal. But the final score was one to one. The eleven shots of the Bavarians (four on target) took the same prize the only well-directed header visitors.
Villarreal was able to resist, closed well and be supportive. Unlike the first leg, this time had hardly arrived in Neuer’s goal. The emphasis was German prize shortly after the break. A mistake by the home side’s central defense after 28 minutes allowed Müller to score for Lewandowski. And the Pole, more skilled than anyone, equalized the tie with a tight shot that hit the post before entering.
Bayern continued to insist and Villarreal, resisting. The minutes passed, did not reach the goal and the feeling that both teams gave as good for overtime. Until the local error. A transition to the left, a shot into space Gerard Moreno and focused that Chukwueze, second left, finished off the back of the net. The dream is still alive yellowish.
